Offers Algebra I and Physical Science - started last summer
Spring 2008 will have 17 courses
Free of charge to school districts
Use to increase graduation rate
Teacherlless - had a monitor id'd at the school site
How to select students - hear free so might dump many students into the program
Faced a variety of local school system policies
Took their online courses that used a teacher, and modified for teacherless credit recovery
Assignment modificiation
Innovative assessment methods
Internet based resources
Teacher created material
Kept vendors out of it because it had to be free.
Delivery methods
Had after school program and intersession program - both need a teacher to monitor and answer questions
After school is the preferred delivery method by the state DOE
Will have specific days for credit recovery on specific days
Idependent study choice - students enrolled and then complete on their own with monitor at school to track progress
Summer school program - seat time waived; not first time takers so have already met the seat time
Student guidelines
Unsuccessfully complted academic course
School based monitor
Must take any end of course tests
Must complete all unit tests
Trained facilitator online
Additional training via Elluminate
Phone support for facilitators
- Teacherless instruction
- Unsuccessfully attempted course
- Expanded completion timeframe
- Anytime registration
- Tool for school use
- NO seat time requirement
Offers Algebra I and Physical Science - started last summerSpring 2008 will have 17 courses
Free of charge to school districts
Use to increase graduation rate
Teacherlless - had a monitor id'd at the school site
How to select students - hear free so might dump many students into the program
Faced a variety of local school system policies
Took their online courses that used a teacher, and modified for teacherless credit recovery
- Assignment modificiation
- Innovative assessment methods
- Internet based resources
- Teacher created material
- Kept vendors out of it because it had to be free.
Delivery methods- Had after school program and intersession program - both need a teacher to monitor and answer questions
- After school is the preferred delivery method by the state DOE
- Will have specific days for credit recovery on specific days
- Idependent study choice - students enrolled and then complete on their own with monitor at school to track progress
- Summer school program - seat time waived; not first time takers so have already met the seat time
Student guidelines- Unsuccessfully complted academic course
- School based monitor
- Must take any end of course tests
- Must complete all unit tests
Trained facilitator onlineAdditional training via Elluminate
Phone support for facilitators